“He contacted us last season because he’s a huge fan,” New Girl executive producer Brett Baersaid. “He knows everything about the show. He contacted Zooey [Deschanel] and Hannah [Simone] directly and asked to do the show.”

Baer said that they wanted to get Prince to appear on the show last year, so when New Girl was given this year’s coveted spot after the Super Bowl, they felt it was perfect timing. Even better, Prince had a few suggestion for his guest spot.